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The passenger's Mid-Air Meltdown forces forces the emergency landing for Skywest flight: Report

The passenger's Mid-Air Meltdown forces forces the emergency landing for Skywest flight: Report


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A Skywest flight was diverted to Iowa after a passenger tried to open the emergency exit on board and got into a fight with a flight attendant, reports say.

Mario Nikprelaj, 23, from Nebraska, was custody on Thursday at Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids after the “disorder in the air”, said the Cedar Rapids police.

“Was diverted to Cedar Rapids because this type decided to open the starting row door and then fight against the flight crew and other passengers,” wrote a traveler who was supposedly on the plane on X and divided a video in which the law enforcement authorities remove a man from the aircraft.

The pilot of Delta Air Lines 3612, which was operated as Skywest Flight 3612, was also negotiated on the Airo of Air Traffic Control that a passenger on board “tried to open the emergency exit in a fight with a flight attendant,” said ABC News.

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Mario Nikprelaj, 23, will now be suspended on the Skywest flight with several charges after the alleged incident. (Skywest)

The plane traveled from Omaha, Nebraska to Detroit, Michigan.

Data from the Flightsware website showed that the Bombardier CRJ-900 aircraft landed in Cedar Rapids about an hour after the start on Thursday evening.

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Delta Jet at Utah Airport

A Delta Connection (Skywest Airlines) Bombardier CRJ-700 Regional Jet Taxis for the goal on a rainy day in November 2015 at Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah. A skywest flight from Omaha, Nebraska to Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday, July 17th, was diverted after a “disorder in the air”, the police said. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

Both Skywest and the Federal Aviation Administration did not answer a request for a comment on Friday from FOX News Digital.

The police in Cedar Rapids said that Nikprelaj had been moved to the Linn County Correctional Center and, among other things, was charged with the first degree for assault, disordered behavior and harassment.

Skywest Airlines flight in Denver

Passengers Board Board a Skywest Airlines Bombardier CRJ-100 passenger aircraft on September 7, 2016 at the International Airport Denver. (Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

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